News from both Universities Containing I. Mr. Cobb's Tripos Speech at Cambridge, with a Complete key inserted. II. The Brawny Priest: Or, the Captivity of the Nose. A Poem |
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Caught an odd Fancy by the Nose,
And would an Almanack compose.
He knew the Outside of a Star,
But thought it hung too high and far
For mortal Eyes to judge or know
When it should rain, or when't should snow.
At last a Thought came very pat,
Strait in a Rage he threw away
His Ptolomey, cry'd, Ευρηκα,
And found the Secret in his Cat.
Partridge and Dove were Fools; for there
When it should rain, it oft prov'd fair.
A Weathercock was vain, for he could find
No certainty in things that chang'd with every Wind.
He knew when Thunder was a brewing,
And Storms were hatch'd, by Puss's mewing;
Could tell you when the Weather suits
For Riding, if 'twould wet your Boots.
For what then must this Doctor pass,
If Puss become a Weather-glass?
Who, tho', alas! of late she's dead,
Is now a Constellation made,
And rises with the Dog, to show
Above, the Weather, as she did below.
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